UCIS Community Advisory Board Meeting
Fall semester 2021 UCIS CAB meeting.
Fall semester 2021 UCIS CAB meeting.
Fall semester 2021 meeting
Spring semester meeting 2021
Join the Center for African Studies for a meet-and-greet with students, faculty, and staff to kick off an exciting new year! We will enjoy some food while we talk about the Center's plans for the year. We look forward to seeing you!
Global Issues Through Literature (GILS)
Fall and Spring 2021-22: Imagining Other Worlds: Globalizing Science Fiction and Fantasy
This reading group for K-12 educators explores literary texts from a global perspective. Content specialists present the work and its context, and participants brainstorm innovative pedagogical practices for incorporating the text and its themes into the curriculum. Sessions this year will take place virtually on Thursday evenings from 5-8 PM (EST). Books and three Act 48 credit hours are provided.
Facilitated by Dr. Jean-Jacque Ngor Sène, Associate Professor of History and Cultural Studies, Chatham University
Read and participate in a discussion on the legacy of Franc's Colonial Rule in Muslim lands, providing historical context to the events unfolding in France and in Europe at large. Facilitated by Dr. Jean-Jacque Ngor Sène, Associate Professor of History and Cultural Studies, Chatham University. Dr. Sène will lead a discussion focused on the diversity of Arabic sources, archival sources from colonial registries, oral ethnographic documents, and powerful folkloric testimonies from the early 1900s onwards.
Street Medicine and Health Organization
November 9th, 6pm-7pm, Virtual Format
Emily Delp, M.D.
Family Medicine Resident Physician at Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center, Co-Creator of Street Health DC, Inc.
Dr. Emily Delp, a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, will discuss the creation of her nonprofit organization providing health resources to persons experiencing unsheltered homelessness in DC. She will also discuss her experiences of serving refugee populations, providing street medicine, and addressing health policy initiatives.